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Here we read that the house of Israel and the house of Judah will be a blessing: "And I will bring them (Israel), and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness...And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a...

On another thread chrysostom wrote the following: Here the Lord refers to the "keys of the kingdom of heaven," the same kingdom referred to here by the Lord Jesus: "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Mt.4:17). Since the nation of...

Let us look at this passage where the gospel of grace declares that all who believe receive the righteousness which is of God?: "But now the righteousness of God without the law is revealed, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by the faithfulness...

In the end of the tenth chapter of Romans and the beginning of the eleventh chapter Paul states: "But to Israel He saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid" (Ro.10:21; 11:1). In this...

Here we see that those who lived under the law were saved by grace through faith, the same way that we are saved: "Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the...

Here is the land promise given to David by the Lord: "Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David...I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them...

In the following verse the Apostle Paul describes how he was saved: "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit" (Titus 3:5). Here Paul uses the word "regeneration" in regard to his...

"And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord" (Acts 22:16). In his commentary on this verse Sir Robert Anderson writes, "The Apostle records the words which Ananias addressed to him (Paul) at his conversion: 'Arise and be baptized...

In what respect are Christians judged by the Lord if it is not for their sins?: "For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world" (1 Cor.11:31-32). So is it not necessary to judge...

Let us look at this passage from the Bible which forbids the idea that under the Law both faith and works were necessary for salvation: "Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life"...

Here we read that the law was given UNTIL Jesus Christ: "The Law was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise was made...which is Jesus Christ" (Gal. 3: 16, 19). The dispensation of the law was to last only until the beginning of the ministry of the Lord...

There are many sincere believers in the Mid Acts community who say that the following verses prove that Paul was the first member of the Body of Christ: "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Howbeit...

Anyone willing to tell us exactly what Paul is referring to when he writes of "THE Mystery" here?: " Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and (kai) the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world...

First of all, I did not correctly spell "exegesis" so my apologies. SaulToPaul is so confused that he actually thinks that Paul addressed these words to unsaved people: "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry...

Here SaulToPaul says that the 'Dispensation of the gospel" began in Acts 9. The only gospel being preached at Acts 9 is this one Paul preached in the synagogues of the Jews: "And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God...proving that this is the very...

On another thread SaulToPaul said: Since he asserts that the 'dispensation of the grace of God" began shortly after Acts 28 then doesn't that make him an Acts 28 dispensationalist? Perhaps he will give us his evidence from the Scriptures which lead him to believe this?

Earlier, after much discussion, I asked SaulToPaul the following question: So according to your ideas the people who made up the church at Rome were not saved when Paul wrote his epistle to them and at that time they were not in the Body of Christ. Is that right? STP answered by saying: If...

"And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree" (Ro.11:17). The "Olive Tree" does not represent the Church, which is His Body. Neither does it represent Israel. Instead...

On another thread, STP said that those belonging to the church at Rome were not in the Body of Christ when they received Paul's epistle: Are the words here in "bold" are not speaking of the Body of Christ but some other body? "For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not...

Why do those in the Pseudo-MAD community assert that the Jews who lived under the law could not be saved unless they did works, especially with these words of Paul in front of them?: "Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not...